Hat-fastener.



J. S. HARRIS.

HAT FASTENER- APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19, 1912.

1,094,328. Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

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JAMES STANLEY HARRIS, 0F GOLDFIELD, NEVADA.

HAT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 19, 1912. Serial No. 715,784.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES STANLEY HAR- nrs, citizen of the United States, residing at Goldfield, in the county of Esmeralda and State of Nevada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

M 1 present invent-ion pertains to hat fasteners; and it contemplates the provision of an eflicient hat fastener susceptible of being used in a succession of hats, and one that is ornamental in appearance, and does not in use present any dangerous and otherwise objectionable pin points.

The invention in all of its details will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective of my novel fastener with the body arranged adjacent the retaining plate and anchor plate. Fig. 2 is a perspective showing the manner in which the body and pins are positioned relative to the retaining and anchor plates when the hat is to be placed on or removed from the head. Fig. 3 is a view partly in horizontal section and partly in plan, showing my novel fastener as properly attached to a hat crown 13, and with the body and pins of the fastener in the positions in which same are placed when th pins are pushed inward to fasten the hat to the hair. Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged detail sections taken on the lines 44 and 55, respectively of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a perspective of the anchor plate.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

Among other elements, my novel device comprises a body 1 to which is fixed two pins 2, the same being preferably, though not necessarily, curved to a slight extent, as shown. The said pins extend in parallel relation from one side of the body 1, and are provided with longitudinal grooves 3, which extend from a point adjacent the body 1 to a point near the points of the pins for an im-- portant purpose hereinafter set forth. It will also be noted here that the body 1 is preferably curved in the direction of its length in order to conform to the curvature of a hat crown.

In addition to the body and the pins, the

device comprises what may be denominated a retaining plate 4 and an interior anchor plate 5, both of which are preferably curved in the direction of their length to rest close against the curved side wall of a hat crown. The plate 4 is provided at its inner side with lugs 6 which are arranged in pairs, and are preferably thin, in order to. enable the plate to rest quite close to the hat crown. In the plate 4 are transverse apertures, 7, and carried by the lugs are studs 8 which extend into the longitudinal grooves of the pins and prevent the withdrawal of the pins from the hat crown, while permitting the complete withdrawal of the pins from the womans hair; the points of the pins in that case being sheathed in the apertures of the anchor plate 5. As shown in Fig. 4, the lugs 6 of each pair are spaced apart and arranged at opposite sides of and close to one aperture 7 The grooves 3, as contradistinguished from slots, are advantageous because they do not materially weaken the pins, and also because there is little liability of the wearers hair being caught in the grooves when the pins are advanced in or withdrawn from the hair. The plates 4 and 5 are detachably connected together and to the hat crown by the means hereinafter described extending through the crown, and hence it will be manifest that the device as a whole can be expeditiously and easily removed from a hat and applied to a new hat, and that this operation can be repeated indefinitely. The means employed for detachably connecting the plates 4 and 5 to the wall of a hat crown comprises male and female fastener members 9, the male fasteners being afiixed to one plate and passed through apertures in the hat wall and detachably snapped into female fastener members on the other plate.

The described sheathing of the pin points in the apertures of the plate 5 permits of the hat being positioned as desired on the head without interference from my novel device. Then when it is desired to fasten the hat to the hair of the wearer, the body 1 and pins 2 are moved inwardly until the body is adjacent the retaining plate 4 and the points of the pins 2 are adjacent the opposite side of the hat crown, with reference to the plate 5, when the hat will be secured to the wearers hair in such manner as to preclude casual displacement or movement of the hat. When, however, it is desired to unfasten the hat, the body 1 and pins 2 pin points are in or adjacent the apertures in the plate 5, when the hat can be taken ofi the head without any interference whatever from my novel device.

One of the important features of my novel device is that while capable of convenient manipulation as described, there is no danger of the body 1 and pins 2 becoming detached and lost.

lhe lugs 6 are materially advantageous when the device is used on different hats; said lugs being adapted to maintain the retaining plate in spaced relation to the outside of the hat crown, so that the portion of said crown opposite the plate is always of the same shape as the remainder of the crown.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that my novel device may be made of any material compatible with its purpose; also, that the device when made in an ornamental manner, is calculated to enhance rather than detract from the finished appearance of a hat. It will be further gathered from the foregoing that when the pins 2 are positioned-to fasten the hat to the hair, the points of the pins extend to a point adjacent the portion of the hat crown remote from the retaining and anchor plates, but do'not penetrate and mar the appearance of are drawn outward until the the said portion of the crown, which is a substantial advantage.

Having described my invention, what I claimand desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

The herein described hat fastener, com prising a body, a pin fixed to and extending from the body, a curved retaining plate adapted to be arrangedatthe outer side of a hat crown and between said crown and the body and having an aperture that receives the pin and also having at its inner side spaced inwardly-extending lugs, said lugs being arranged at opposite sides of said aperture, and adapted to bear against the outer side of a hat crown to maintain the retaining plate in spaced relation thereto, a curved anchor plate loosely receiving the pin and adapted to be positioned against the inner side of the hat crown, means for 0011- necting said retaining and anchor plates together and to the hat crown, and cooperating means carried by the pin and said lugs on the retaining plate for preventing withdrawal of the pin from said lugs.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES STANLEY HARRIS.

Vitnesses EDWIN ALFRED PENNA, W. R. J onns.

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